Classical Greek Architecture and architectural sculpture
The Acropolis Athen, Greece 5 th century BCE
Acropolis
Propylaea (view from West)
Ground plan of the Acropolis
Parthenon
Athena Parthenos, gilded By Pheidias, ca.438 BCE Ivory and gold over a wooden armature Holding Victory Shield with snake In a cella
Dionysos (East Pediment sculpture)
Three Goddesses (East pediment)
West Frieze
Horsemen, west entrance to cella
East frieze
East pediment
Temple of Athena Nike
On the balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike BCE 42” Nike Removing Her Sandal
Pheidian Style … conveys an ideal, not just artistic, but philosophical: ideal faces and proportions … elevating Athenians above the uncivilized world. They share the calmness of the gods, aloof from human affairs.
Erechtheion BCE Ionic temple Built on sacred ground 6 caryatids